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1. drgene113
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   I currently have 6 wordpress blogs. Updating the plugins and configuring 6 different blogs has become very time-consuming.

   The subdirectories are:
   http://www.mmti.org/podcasts/assessment
   http://www.mmti.org/podcasts/boardexam
   http://www.mmti.org/podcasts/massagetherapy
   http://www.mmti.org/podcasts/medicalmassage
   http://www.mmti.org/podcasts/myofascial
   http://www.mmti.org/podcasts/sportsmassage

   They are new blogs and don't have much content. They each have their own theme and configuration.

   Would I be able to combine the 6 blogs into one blog and have them share the same plugins?

   I read something about a plugin that will allow you to hide or place widgets wherever you want. For example: could i put all posts under one category, have that category have its own theme and also place category specific widgets on that page..such as last 5 posts, top 10 viewed posts in that category.

   Thanks
   Gene

2. stvwlf
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Hi

   Two approaches:
   1) assign posts to categories and display only one category on each of your existing pages.

   sample code added to page.php below

   2) switch to subdomains and use the wp-hive plugin to run all 6 installations from a single install of code and plugins.
   http://wp-hive.com/

   for #1:
   to display one category on a page:
   1) edit theme's page.php template in a text editor - not a word processor
   /wp-content/themes/{themename}/page.php

   2) find the start of the WordPress loop
   ( looks something like this- sometimes on one line)
   

   <?php if (have_posts()) : ?>
      <?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>

   3) add this next code before those lines - add your additional categories, change the category ID codes to the ones on your installation. the text in is_page('xxx') should be the page slug (URL) from your static WordPress page
   

   <?php
   $cat = '';
   if (is_page('events')) {
      $cat = '6';  // the WP category ID code for the events category
   } elseif (is_page('activities')) {
      $cat = '11';  // the WP category ID code for the activities category
   }
   
   if ($cat) {
     $paged = (get_query_var('paged')) ? get_query_var('paged') : 1;
     query_posts("cat=$cat&amp;paged=$paged");
   } ?>
   
   [loop starts here]   === delete this line - next code is already in page.php
   
   <?php if (have_posts()) : ?>
      <?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>

   see http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/query_posts

3. stvwlf
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Widget Context Plugin

   http://konstruktors.com/blog/projects-services/wordpress-plugins/widget-context/

4. drgene113
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Thanks for the info. I also received some advice about restricting pages based on categories using one wordpress intalaation.
   what would be an advantage of using WordPress MU if I will be the only person adding content.
   Thanks
   gene

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